Iris haynei
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Irideae |
| Genus: | Iris |
| Subgenus: | Iris |
| Species: | Iris haynei |
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Iris haynei (Gilboa Iris) is a species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus of Iris and in the Oncocyclus section. It is a rhizomatous perennial, from the shrublands and mountainsides of Israel. It has smooth, linear or lanceolate, greyish-green leaves. Long slender stem and in Spring, (between March and April) large, fragrant flowers in shades of deep purple, violet, purple, brownish purple or dusky lilac veining or speckling over a pale ground. It has a dark purple, black-brown, to blackish signal patch, and a beard, which is variable from dark purple, white, or dark tipped yellow. It is rarely cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, as it needs very dry conditions during the summer.
It is a geophyte, with a stout rhizome, and small brown stolons. They are below the surface of the ground, they all form clumps of plants.
It has between 5 to 8 leaves, which are smooth, linear, or lanceolate, greyish-green. They can grow up to between 25–30 cm (10–12 in) long, and between 1 and 1.5 cm wide. They grow in the spring and then fade after the summer.
It has a slender stem or peduncle, that can grow up to between 40–60 cm (16–24 in) tall.
The stems carry the flowers high above the foliage.
The stems hold terminal (top of stem) flowers, blooming in spring, between March and April.
The fragrant flowers, are 10–12 cm (4–5 in) in diameter, they come in shades of deep purple, violet, purple, brownish purple, or dusky lilac. Normally veined or spotted over a pale, or pale pink-violet background.
Like other irises, it has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals), known as the 'standards'. The oblong or ovate, (rounded,) and recurved (bent backwards) falls are 7–8 cm (3–3 in) long and 4–6 cm wide. They are more densely veined and spotted than the standards.
The incurved (bent forwards), standards are 9–10 cm (4–4 in) long and 6–7 cm wide.
In the centre of the falls, is a dark purple, black-brown, to blackish signal patch, also, in the middle of the falls, is a row of short hairs called the 'beard', which are variable, from dark purple, white, or dark tipped yellow.
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